How Many Fruits in the Salad?
What better way to introduce the notion of “tens” than to create a healthy snack together? Make a fruit salad by cutting up soft fruits such as bananas and melon with a safety or dull butter knife. Then, cut a few red and green grapes in half. Once the fruit has been prepared, the children can take turns adding ten pieces of each fruit to a medium bowl until there are a total of 100 pieces. This activity will also work for regular vegetable salads or even trail mix. Use creative ingredients such as nuts, popcorn, mini marshmallows, yogurt-covered raisins, and chocolate chips, or check out this tropical fruit salad recipe using shredded coconut and lime juice. Measuring Game: Comparing Sizes of Clay Snakes Usually the first recognizable object that kids will model out of clay is a snake, and this will be the perfect opportunity to do some measuring. (For very young children, measuring might be more successful with blocks rather than a ruler.) document.getElementById(‘adsense_placeholder
